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Simon Schama described the history of pandemics and the attempts to stop them. This event was hosted by the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in New York City.

Authors Simon Schama (Foreign Bodies) and Simon Sebag Montefiore (The World - A Family History of Humanity) discussed great dynasties in human history as well as the impact of plagues and th…

U.K. Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage and author Mark Steyn debate former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour and historian Simon Schama on how developed nations shou…

Historian Simon Schama talked about his book, The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD, in which he presents a 3000 year history of the Jewish people. Mr. Schama spoke at the…

Columbia University history professor Simon Schama presented a collection of his essays. The historian and author of numerous books, including Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the Am…

Simon Schama talked about his book Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution, published by Ecco. He described the impact of slavery on both the United States and Brita…

Simon Schama talked about his book The American Future: A History (Ecco; May 19, 2009), which is also the title of his four-part BBC documentary. He spoke about the importance of history, hi…

Simon Schama talked about his book The American Future: A History (Ecco; May 19, 2009) and his documentary film of the same name. A video clip of the documentary was shown. Topics included t…

Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the publishing year 2006 read from their works at an event held in the New School’s Tishman Auditorium on the evening before the awa…

Simon Schama was interviewed about his book Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution, published by Ecco. He was interviewed by Edna Medford.

Simon Schama, professor of history at Harvard University, discussed his recent work, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution.

In a benefit event for the September 11th Fund called “Beyond Words,” various New Yorker writers read from the works of others. Most of the readings were older works about New York City or a…

As part of the Celeste Bartos Forum, Professor Simon Schama, author of A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C. - 1603 A.D. published by Talk Miramax Books, talked about the…

Mr. Cannon and Mr. Schama discussed their experiences writing biographies, placing special emphasis on the difficulty associated with separating fact from fiction. They also responded to aud…

Leon Wieseltier discussed his book, Kaddish, published by Knopf. The book is about the author’s life as an unobservant Jew whose grief over his father’s death compelled him to observe his re…